George Sand
exceptional for a woman of the early and mid-19th century, when social codes were of the
utmost importance.
As a consequence of many untraditional aspects of her lifestyle, Sand was obliged
(kohustatud) to relinquish (loovutama) some of the privileges appertaining (juurde kuuludes)
to a baroness.
Poet Charles Baudelaire was a contemporary critic of George Sand: "She is stupid, heavy and
garrulous (lobisev). Her ideas on morals have the same depth of judgment and delicacy of
feeling as those of janitresses and kept women.... The fact that there are men who could
become enamoured of this slut is indeed a proof of the abasement of the men of this
generation."
Relationships
Sand had affairs with Jules Sandeau (1831), Prosper Mérimée, Alfred de Musset, Louis-
Chrystosome Michel, Pierre-François Bocage, Félicien Mallefille and Frédéric Chopin. Later
in life, she corresponded (kirjavahetuses olema) with Gustave Flaubert with who they became
close friends.
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